1. Complete the issues worksheet using the article, The Presidency of John Quincy Adams Read from the third paragraph, which begins with, "As the only president to lose both the popular vote and the electoral vote," to the next to last paragraph, which ends with, "Some South Carolinians called for revolutionary defiance of the national government."
Over the 19th century, the American political system gradually became more inclusively democratic, but a rising tide of partisanship fostered a win-at-all-costs attitude that reduced standards of campaigning even further. Demagoguery and the most vicious forms of character assassination became widespread. Opponents of Andrew Jackson, for example, accused him of murder, while Old Hickory's men whispered that his rival John Quincy Adams had been, while U.S. minister to Russia, a pimp for the tsar (http://elections.harpweek.com/Campaigning)
ELECTION OF 1828
Overview: http://www.govcentral.com/news/articles/1483-john-quincy-adams-vs-andrew-jackson-1828-presidential-raceDAY 1: THE ISSUES
1. Complete the issues worksheet using the article, The Presidency of John Quincy Adams Read from the third paragraph, which begins with, "As the only president to lose both the popular vote and the electoral vote," to the next to last paragraph, which ends with, "Some South Carolinians called for revolutionary defiance of the national government."
PS Letter from JQA
DAY 2: CAMPAIGNING
Over the 19th century, the American political system gradually became more inclusively democratic, but a rising tide of partisanship fostered a win-at-all-costs attitude that reduced standards of campaigning even further. Demagoguery and the most vicious forms of character assassination became widespread. Opponents of Andrew Jackson, for example, accused him of murder, while Old Hickory's men whispered that his rival John Quincy Adams had been, while U.S. minister to Russia, a pimp for the tsar (http://elections.harpweek.com/Campaigning)
ANALYZE ELECTION RESULTS
ELECTION RESULTS FOR 1824
ELECTION RESULTS FOR 1828
Check out this **blog by 8th graders**
they are comparing Andrew Jackson to Barak Obama
*Adapted from EDSITEment lesson and resources, http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=542